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Why is an American who has spent over a quarter century managing financial assets for his family cautioning you against selling your family business? The author urges you to think twice before selling your business.

The vitality and longevity of a mature family enterprise depend on three key value drivers: the family economic engine, including both business and financial assets; the family itself, its culture and members; and “leakages” that include both cash flow management and estate planning.

Business owners and managers are looking to get rid of operational bottlenecks caused by outdated methods of storing and retrieving documents.

Part of the Grow Your Business (GYB) series from PriceWaterhouseCoopers, this edition covers what private companies are doing to rethink their approach to risk against a backdrop of globalization, economic realignment, and rapid technological change.

This paper, which draws from interviews and a survey of executives in privately held businesses in North America and Western Europe, explores how private companies are turning to emerging and fast-growing markets that, in the

Quarterly Highlights - PwC commissioned independent research firm BSI Global Research Inc. to interview 225 chief executive officers (CEOs/CFOs) of leading privately held US businesses in the first quarter of 2013. The interviewees were asked about their current business performance, the state of the economy, and their expectations for business growth over the next 12 months. The authors then compared the responses with the prior quarter's results to see how the outlook has changed.

This case study looks at four family members aged 16-23 encouraged by their father to engage more deeply in the family's philanthopy. The report outlines the process the family members went through and lists seven key success factors.

This study finds many companies still using divestments as a short-term tactical tool, often to raise cash or pay down debt. That’s no surprise given the difficulties many businesses have faced in terms of cash and credit since the financial crisis. However, in this prolonged period of low growth, divestments are likely to play a more strategic role in how global companies navigate uncertainty, meet their corporate objectives and create value for their stakeholders.

This paper answers frequently asked questions on how health care reform will affect companies with more than 50 employees. The report includes sections on options available to employers, penalties for non-compliance and the industries impacted the most.